One gamer had to wait 8 years before he could upgrade his gaming PC. Overwhelmed by the result, he began to cry.
Upgrading your own gaming PC can cause different reactions. If something goes wrong because you made a beginner’s mistake, a bad mood is almost inevitable. A 22-year-old gamer had a completely different experience with his successful PC upgrade, as 3djuegos.com reports.
He has been waiting for 8 years to be able to enjoy good quality games in Full HD resolution. When he realized that this moment had come, he couldn’t contain his joy and burst into tears.
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Long-awaited PC upgrade creates an emotional moment
What made him cry? 22-year-old gamer Algok2001 had to wait 8 years to upgrade his gaming PC. Since he was 14 years old, he has dreamed of being able to play games with better quality in 1080p resolution. Until then, this was only possible on the lowest settings.
When this longed-for wish finally came true, he was overwhelmed by his emotions and began to cry. In his post on Reddit, he reports on the details of the upgrade for his gaming PC and the resulting overwhelming results.
He describes the moment as follows: “I don’t know what came over me, but I just started crying because I thought I could finally play. The 14-year-old boy who dreamed of having a computer that could play the good games in high resolution finally can at 22 years old.”
The emotional post on Reddit.
Why did it take 8 years to upgrade? In the comments under his post, Algok2001 addresses other users’ questions. He also explains the reasons why he took so much time upgrading his gaming PC.
He said on Reddit: “As much as I love games, my real goals like getting a house, insurance, retirement, paying off debt, and the like will always trump gaming.”
This statement makes it clear that the gamer may have had the financial resources for an earlier PC upgrade, but conscientiously invested his money in more important things than a gaming PC.
Hardware details and community response
What hardware was upgraded? When upgrading, Algok2001 limited itself to 3 components. The processor, RAM and graphics card were replaced with more powerful models.
When it came to the CPU, he switched from the AMD Ryzen 3 3200G from 2019 to a used AMD Ryzen 5 3600, which was released in the same year. The switch from 4 to 6 CPU cores with an increased turbo clock from 4.0 GHz to 4.2 GHz results in a performance increase of over 50% in the PassMark test. (via cpubenchmark.net)
When it comes to RAM, the player does not provide any information about the manufacturer or the speed. The upgrade doubles the available size of DDR4 RAM from 16GB to 32GB. It remains unclear whether additional memory bars have been installed or whether the old modules have been replaced with larger versions. Depending on the game, more RAM can definitely lead to an increase in performance.
Switching from the 2019 Nvidia GTX 1650 graphics card with just 4 GB of video memory to a two-year-older AMD RX 6600 with 8 GB of VRAM was also worth it for him. Here, thanks to the GPU purchased used, the increase in performance is similar to that of the processor at almost 50%. (via videocardbenchmark.net)
How does the community react? Some users in the community can relate to his reaction after the PC upgrade and are reminded of their own emotional PC moments.
His mature mindset when it comes to big investments is also definitely appreciated by the community.
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